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A court in Murcia, Spain, has ordered Google to testify in a criminal case concerning IPTV app, NewPlay. Football league LaLiga, whose matches were allegedly offered illegally through the app, previously called for the directors of Google, Apple, and Huawei to face criminal charges. LaLiga criticized the companies for failing to disable copies of NewPlay already installed on users' devices. Google and Huawei must now testify as 'profit-making participants' in an alleged piracy scheme.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Imagine thinking that piracy sites advertize, or generate any sort of revenue for search engines.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 hours ago

Isn't it more because google ignored court orders to disable a piracy app on the play store?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 hours ago

It's not Google's search buisness that LaLiga is going after it's the cell phone side. LaLiga claims Google and Huawei benefited by refusing to disable the newplay app on their phones.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

I swear they have the most ads of any sites I have seen without an adblocker, though I guess they don't pay to be advertised themselves

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 hours ago

Those advertizements tend to be porn, escorts, and "dating sims". Stuff that main-stream ad companies, Google included, won't touch. The search engines are not profiting from those ads.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 17 hours ago

No one will shed a single tear for you, greedy bastards.